This Pikachu sports a closed mouth, which in a way makes it look quite a bit more pleased with itself than the silver one
One mana is not a significant tempo cost which is important when investing in something that has no effect on the board
The set is the third special expansion from the Scarlet & Violet era of the game with a focus on the Loyal Three Pokemon, Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti, and the Mythical Pokemon Pecharunt
Creatures (3) Lands (20) Spells (37) 4 Mana Drain 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Grim Monolith 1 Yawgmoth's Will 4 Force of Will 2 Diabolic Edict 1 Mana Vault 1 Sol Ring 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Fellwar Stone 1 Disrupting Scepter 3 Impulse 1 Merchant Scroll 2 Pyroblast 1 Amnesia 1 Black Lotus 3 Fact or Fiction 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard While Long had originally employed Elemental Augury as part of his endgame (it kept then locked up), the printing of Fact or Fiction forced his hand
2/2 Vullaby/Mandibuzz - what's the point of the main attack if you're doing not enough damage
Ugins Binding, as previously noted, is very intentionally similar to Cyclonic Rift